CT, Generally speaking high cube XLs, hauled a variety of freight, automotive parts- such as engine assemblies, frames, brake assemblies, and so...
Fellas, I hate to break y'alls bubble, but CSX has long been the other white roof Railroad for nearly 11 years. The campaign was begun around 1990...
Courtesy of some borrowed Bandwidth here are my completed shots of my U23B in Family Lines colors. Let me know what you think? Have a good one,...
JD, You might try the following links: http://www.trainweb.org/csxphotos/html/z_CSX-o.html http://www.dnaco.net/~gelwood/other/csx-eng.html...
Yank, I certainly will keep y'all updated as I progress, shouldn't be long now as the U30C is closer than ever. I began another project, a...
Will, Here are a few construction shots of my U23B and U30C, both made from Atlas products..... [img] [img] [img] Although still under...
The Soo Line only gave all-weather windows to the engineers. Good if you are an engineer, bad if you are a conductor Yank, Just pulling your...
Yank, Excellent work, especially on the cab. I like the class lights and wipers,what manufactuer did you use and what size bit did you use to...
TC, May want to consider replacing the dummy wheel sets with 40" half axles from NWSL. I do this on all my dummy units and it improves the...
Denis, Any word on the Stewart GaRR hoppers? I know this post is from some time back, but I was just wondering if and when this may ever be...
Dave that unit is a 1500 HP jobber and was built as SOU 2403. It was part of order number 817037 and built in the period of 4/82 to 5/82. The unit...
Craig, How do you drill out the holes for your grabs? In my old days of HO I used to use a jig, but in N scale I have not made one. Do you simply...
Colonel, Those are MicroTrain 57'6" TOFC cars, first built by SOU. They originally were boxcars and then cut down to the frame and retrofitted...
John, I used to spend many a nights hostling trailers and can provide some insight here if you would like. THe underframes of the trailers used...
Fellas, For those who want a more prototypical unit, yes,it could have been modeled alot better. The major differnce in the Snoot and 'Straight...
Dave, Obviously not soon enough.... :rolleyes: I shot one of these units also back late of last year, and thought for beign over at least...
Fellas, If you all want a pretty fair and unbiased opinion I suggest you look to the samller mags- who rely on the higher price, but also offer a...
Nice picure Harold [img] I look forward to seeing more on your website. Justin May [ 06 February 2001: Message edited by: Justin May ]
Harold, Best question to date for SOU fans and Covered hopper nuts like myself. Well what you say could have been one of two hoppers, the first...
Here are a couple samples of my modeling. An IC GP30 with correct AAR type B trucks, underframe bell, sinclair antenna, and cab sunshades. Painted...
